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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by harryh on Monday April 16, 2018 @10:56PM (#16855078)
Failure to properly secure one's private property does not make it legal for someone else to access it.

It doesn't matter if we're talking about physical property in the real world or virtual property on a server.

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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr... by cecilpl2 on Wednesday April 18, 2018 @12:03PM (#16868423)
It does if that other person has a reasonable expectation that you intended for it to be public.

Leaving your property on the curb is a good example. If someone takes it, you would be hard pressed to get it back from a legal standpoint.

This is very similar. The government left all those documents on the curb.

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